The article by Keith Phaneuf, CT Mirror, printed in the Courant on Sept. 8, states “a record-high 581,000 Connecticut households, about 40%, couldn’t afford a basic ’survival’ budget in 2023, according to a new analysis from the United Way of Connecticut.”

It states that more than 60% of families in our major 3 cities, and other poor cities, fall below this survival budget threshold.

This is an issue our legislature, and governor, must address. We are one of the wealthiest states in the wealthiest country in the world, with one of the highest income inequalities between our wealthiest 10,000+ households, our top 1%, which reportedly earn multiples of $1,000,000 per year, compared to the 40% of our households cited in the article as struggling to meet their basic needs.

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